Dan Rostenkowski

AP file photo

Then-U.S. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, followed by his attorney Dan Webb, leaves the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. on June 12, 1994 after his arraignment on misuse of public funds charges. Rostenkowski, the powerful Congressman who represented the 5th Congressional District from 1959 to 1995, pleaded guilty to two counts of misuse of public funds and was sentenced to 17 months in a federal prison.

Then-U.S. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, followed by his attorney Dan Webb, leaves the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. on June 12, 1994 after his arraignment on misuse of public funds charges. Rostenkowski, the powerful Congressman who represented the 5th Congressional District from 1959 to 1995, pleaded guilty to two counts of misuse of public funds and was sentenced to 17 months in a federal prison. (AP file photo)

Then-U.S. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, followed by his attorney Dan Webb, leaves the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. on June 12, 1994 after his arraignment on misuse of public funds charges. Rostenkowski, the powerful Congressman who represented the 5th Congressional District from 1959 to 1995, pleaded guilty to two counts of misuse of public funds and was sentenced to 17 months in a federal prison.